Having grown up in a small town in Texas, Cryse has always dreamed of traveling to far off countries and doing some major sight seeing. Moving to Queens, New York, for college is her very first chance to do just that. But sadly it won't be all fun and games like she'd like; she has to work as a maid to earn her keep.
Back in Texas, she lived alone with her father, her mother having long since been out of the picture. Despite the fact that her father was successful in owning his own bank, they never grew up with much money. Cryse never really got along with those at her previous school, but she was able to find a second home at the stables she worked at. She managed to save all of her paychecks for she didn't have a car, choosing to take the bus to school and walk to work. She was planning on using all of that money to start her traveling fund, but when she attended a fund raiser at a nearby animal shelter, she fell in love with a mustang -- of the horse kind. She still didn't have enough money on her own, so she made a contract with her father to pay him back what she borrowed with interest. She also made a deal with the stable owner she worked for, having him take out a portion of her paycheck to pay for rent. She named the horse, a girl, Elphaba, after the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked the musical.
Growing up with ADHD, Cryse Thorne always had fun, except that she has this tendency to get lost easily. Her biggest fear is of not knowing where she is. She also hates cats, having been attacked by one when she was five years old. Plus, because they're natural scavengers, they'll eat your dead body if they get the chance.
One of her best friends is a man by the name of Calvin Dunagan, though she doesn't know him as well as she could, and he is a couple years older, too.
